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UPDATED: Fans returned to see David Letterman's farewell, and the CBS host upstaged everything in Wednesday prime time on the final night of the 2014-15 TV season. That was true nationally and locally. In updated national numbers, Letterman averaged nearly 13.8 million viewers -- his biggest audience since Feb. 25, 1994, after the Winter Olympics. In the 25-to-54 and 18-to-49 age groups, Letterman scored his best ratings since Dec. 1, 2005, when Oprah Winfrey and Bonnie Raitt were guests. Letterman helped "The Late Late Show With James Corden," which drew 4 million viewers. That was the biggest audience ever for any "Late Late Show" host. CBS'...

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